Title
The Flexibility of Divine Simplicity: Aquinas, Scotus, Palamas
Department/School
Philosophy
Date
2017
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq201731682
Abstract
Contrary to many interpreters, I argue that Thomas Aquinas’s account of divine simplicity is compatible with the accounts of divine simplicity given by John Duns Scotus and Gregory Palamas. I synthesize their accounts of divine simplicity in a way that can answer the standard objections to the doctrine of divine simplicity more effectively than any of their individual accounts can. The three objections that I consider here are these: the doctrine of divine simplicity is inconsistent with distinguishing divine attributes, with the doctrine of the Trinity, and with the doctrine of divine freedom.
Volume
57
Issue
2
Published in
International Philosophical Quarterly
Citation/Other Information
Spencer, Mark. “The Flexibility of Divine Simplicity: Aquinas, Scotus, Palamas.” International Philosophical Quarterly 57, no. 2 (2017): 123-39. https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq201731682